“My only love spring from my only hate”In this act Shakespeare presents strong feelings of love and hate, much like the rest of this play. However, in this particular scene it’s quite significant. Romeo arrives in search of the girl he had been so hopelessly in love with, her name Rosaline. Although, upon entering the party he sees a far more beautiful girl and falls desperately in love with her that girl being Juliet. Love in this story is rather shallow and all based on looks, but I mean without love at first sight the story would not have proceeded and been allot less dramatic. As Romeo laid eyes upon Juliet and became stars truck he begins talking in verse, but due to the way it’s said by an actor you wouldn’t realize, but the reason for him talking this way is him declaring his love to Juliet, and to himself. As he speaks in verse the structure is actually very cleverly hidden it consists with rhyming couplets and contains ten syllables in each line. But what I want to close into is what he actually says. “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.” Romeo uses a simile meaning Juliet lights up the room with her beauty and she’s brighter than any torch. “It seems she hangs upon a cheek of night, as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear –“ Here there is an interesting metaphor which works beautifully, A jewels beauty is intensified against a darker colour, so a very dark person wearing this would make the jewel stand out from far away, and it’s also him saying she’s a rare beauty. “So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.” Romeo even goes as far as reducing all the other women in the room to crows, and rather interestingly even Rosaline the girl he had been so sure he was in love with. The metaphor he uses here again is him declaring she is a rare beauty and very pure and innocent whereas all the other girls are common and cruel. I believe Romeo talking in verse present allot of strong feelings seeing as he must truly be star struck to be taking in poetry....

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...Romeo & Juliet
Author
William Shakespeare was born in Statford-upon-Avon on April 23 1564. He went to free grammar school in Stratford. It was a good school where he learned even Greek and Latin. But he didn’t go to college that’s so people thought he didn’t write his work, because apparently in that time if you didn’t go to college you weren’t smart enough to write such good books and plays.
He started getting famous in 1592 when he showed in his talent in writing plays London, suchHamlet, Romeo and Juliet, as you like it and more.
Summary
In the streets of Verona another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future.
Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio.. After some prodding by Benvolio, Romeo confides that he is in love with Rosaline, a woman who doesn’t like him back. Benvolio tries to convince him to forget this woman and find another, more beautiful one, but Romeo doesn’t listen.
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...Romeo and Juliet Film SceneAnalysis Paper
All around the world people often refer to Romeo and Juliet as one of the most romantic love stories of all time. However, after reading the book, it’s obvious that there are many misconceptions about the story. In reality, it’s about a four-day relationship between a 17 year-old and a 13 year-old that results in six deaths. Yet there are still too many to count recreations of Romeo and Juliet. One may ask, why is that? It’s because it teaches such a great lesson. Not every teenage relationship will end in marriage or death, but it can end badly because of rash decisions made by the teenagers, who think they’re in love. This is what happens in Romeo and Juliet, which is why it’s such an interesting movie to make over and over again. Luhrmann emphasizes the theme found in Romeo and Juliet of young love leading to reckless decisions in the death scene of his 1996 version by excluding certain characters, using the motif of light/dark imagery, and having Romeo and Juliet talk before committing suicide.
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...Shakespeare’s stagecraft in Act 3 Scene5 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
William Shakespeare, the celebrated playwright, wrote many famous plays. Yet few are as renowned as his ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the tragic love story about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families, denied their chance to be together and died rather than be apart. Act 3 Scene5 is a crucial scene in the play, one with the most dramatic tension and the turning point of the story where things take a turn for the worse for the two lovers. In this essay we will discuss how Shakespeare has used stagecraft in Act 3 Scene5 to make it thrilling.
This scene is full of dramatic tension, as the lovers had a lingering parting, even though they know that Romeo is in danger of being caught by the other Capulet’s and killed as he was already banished the night before, and is not supposed to be in Verona. Juliet foreshadows Romeo’s death as she watches him descend:
“Juliet: Oh God, I have an ill divining soul! / Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low, / as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. / Either my eyesight fails, or thou look’st pale.” 1
She also foreshadows her own death while pleading her mother for help after the argument with Lord Capulet:
“Juliet: Delay this marriage for a month, a...

...Analysis:
Act 1 Scene5 is the scene where Romeo and Juliet finally meet during a party hosted by the Capulet’s. Romeo sees Juliet for the first time and completely forgets about Rosaline. Rosaline is a girl who Romeo liked, but she could not like him back as she has already sworn to be a nun. When Romeo see’s Juliet he asks a serving man who she is. When he said he doesn’t know he moves towards her. Romeo talks about how until now his heart has never loved before, and how Juliet is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.
Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin) is nearby when Romeo Is saying this piece of dialogue, he recognizes the voice and soon realizes that it is Rome’s voice. Furious at having a Montague at a Capulet party he orders his servant to fetch his rapier. Juliet’s father hears about Tybalt’s plan to kill Romeo and speaks to him about it. Tybalt tells his uncle that there is a Montague present. Juliet’s father asks if it’s Romeo and Tybalt replies saying ‘yes, it’s that villain Romeo.’ Juliet’s dad then tells Tybalt to leave Romeo alone, he tells Tybalt about how lots of people in Verona seem to ‘brag’ about what a good person Romeo is. He then says that while Romeo is in his house...

...How is the Theme of Love Presented in Act I of Romeo and Juliet?
In Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet”, the theme of love is central to the play and is highlighted by being set against a backdrop of conflict and violence. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses the constant juxtaposition of love and hatred. I believe he does this so that the audience can really feel the plight of the two lovers set against such hateful circumstances. It also helps them to empathise and appreciate the struggle that Romeo and Juliet have to go through. Great tension is constantly present as the audience waits to see when the hatred will bring an end to their love. (E.O.P) In Act I of “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare displays the parental love demonstrated by the Montagues and the Capulets and the “courtly” love of Romeo and Rosaline that is unrequited. However, the audience are then shown the purest and most natural form of love between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet towards the end of Act I of the play. The effect of this is to build up dramatic tension as we are introduced to the hatred between the two families. The scene is set for the violent background to the forbidden love affair that will eventually unfold. (E.O.P) To begin with, Shakespeare uses a prologue which uses language to present the themes of love and...

...have been given the extract from Act 1 scene5 from the play Romeo and Juliet. This is one of the most famous and important scenes in this play as this is the first time Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters meet. Prior to this scene the audience are made aware that Romeo has no interest in going to the Capulet's party but he only agrees to show to mercutio that there is no one as beautiful as Rosaline, the girl whom Romeo was in love with before he met Juliet. The main characters in the play are developed in this scene. Romeo who appears as a depressed love struck boy turns into a real lover. Juliet who appears to be innocent child who obeys her parents turn into this brave and strong personality. In the beginning of the extract itself we can see that Tybalt is shaking with anger towards Romeo and takes a vow to kill him and so even though there is excitement in the audience that it’s the first meeting of Juliet and Romeo, there is also a sense of underlying doom. Shakespeare uses this to maybe foreshadow the troubles that will occur due to Tybalt in the future. Romeo and Juliet is captivated by Juliet's beauty and immediately falls in love and Rosaline quickly vanishes from his and he declares that he has...

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...II Scene I
A. This scene takes place outside the Capulet Orchard
B. The main characters in this scene are Mercutio, Benvolio, and Romeo
C. In this sceneRomeo is going to see Juliet again. As he leaps the orchard walls he hears Mercutio and Benvolio coming. They are unaware the Romeo is listening and that he has moved onto loving someone else. Mercutio starts to tease about Romeos love for Rosaline without knowing that Romeo has moved on. Benvolio then persuades Mercutio to leave and stop teasing about Romeos love.
Act II Scene II
A. This scene takes place outside Juliet’s window
B. The main characters in this scene re Romeo and Juliet
C. In this sceneRomeo is beneath Juliet’s window and overhears her talking about her love for Romeo and she doesn’t care about the feud between the two families. Romeo hears all of this and says “call me but love.” The two express their devotion to each other. The nurse then interrupts them to talk to her but Juliet returns shortly. She tells him that she wants to get married and that she will send someone to ask Romeo about the wedding plans he made.
Act II...